Lesson 133

Parts of the Sentence - Nouns of Address

Nouns or nominatives of address are the persons or things to which
you are speaking. They are set off from the rest of the sentence by a comma or
commas, may have modifiers, and are not related to the rest of the sentence
grammatically. You can remove them and a complete sentence remains. They may be
first, last or in the middle of the sentence. Examples: John, where are you
going? Where are you going, John? Where, John, are you going?

Because I use diagramming to teach in the classroom and can't on the
internet, I will be asking you to find various parts of the sentence for the
repetition. The repetition should help you remember the parts of the sentence.